47cc Pocket Bike Nitrous Oxide
Last updated: 5.14.05 9:00 PM
David Dellanave - ddn - http://www.dellanave.com/projects/
The only thing more fun than a pocket bike, is a pocket bike with a kick. A nitrous oxide kick. This should be the documentary of how I added a home-built nitrous setup to one of my stable of pocket bikes. Engine parts beware.
The Clean UpThe bike I am doing it on had gotten pretty dirty and grimy. A full disassembly and clean-up was in order. These pictures aren't the greatest, but hopefully they're an ok "before" set. I was trying to focus on the area the nitrous would have to be installed, but I think I failed. There isn't a whole lot of room to mount the solenoids.
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Ideally, nitrous (and fuel) are injected after the carb (or EFI), as close to the engine as possible. In this type of engine, that place ends up being the small adapter/manifold between the carb and the reed block. There wasn't a whole lot of room here, but I was convinced it was possible without the machining of a new, larger spacer. Also, the carb intake faces the rear tire and there wasn't a whole lot of clearance to add a larger intake manifold spacer. In the middle picture you can see a nice shot of how thick the manifold is and where the nitrous injection has to go. Ideally I would have had a new manifold machined, but I don't know any CNC machinists.
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By drilling a couple holes, and inserting some custom made tubing/fogger nozzles I was able to create my own home-grown direct-port nitrous injector manifold without affecting the intake bore at all. There may be a tiny bit of turbulence around the holes but, shit, its a pocket bike. The socket fit in there perfectly to keep the tubing perfectly flush with the bore. A little JB weld is keeping the nylon tubing connected to the fogger tubing connected to the manifold. I'm curious to see if the JB will actually hold up.
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Well, the first manifold didn't hold up for 5 minutes. The macroline was too hard to bend (even heated) and the brass ended up coming loose and bending. Here is the second version, which I like much, much better. Hopefully it won't put too much heat into the nitrous. Actually, I know it will in this configuration, but I don't care. You can see the solenoids mounted to a bracket I fabricated.
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Jetting was accomplished with a #80 drill bit. Not much thicker than a hair, its about .38mm in diameter. A hole that small tames the 900psi of nitrous down to a nice whisper for the small engine. I think the bottle mounting location looks cool, but needs to be made more permanent. At this point the wiring is complete, but not all tidy until it works. I'm leaking a lot of fuel too. Nitrous activation is fully electronic.
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I have to say the nitrous system is a success. At this point, I think the nitrous is actually hindering the top speed of the bike. At the top end I believe the bike is running into a lean condition and simply running out of fuel. That said, the kick from the nitrous is great. I'd say it accelerates at least 100% faster when the nitrous is on. I'd really like to get a Walbro WT-603 carb which would give a far greater range of adjustability. I've already spent too much money on this project, no more.
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